Month: October 2015

Life, as we all know, is full of being hurt, rejected or disappointed. Some of us experience these things in a relationship sense, others in their career and some in more than one area which can feel totally unbearable but truth to be told, hurts and disappointment can be a blessing in disguise regardless of the emotional pain you are feeling. If you want to find out how and why then read on.

Depression symptoms can be different from person to person but did you know depression symptoms can also vary depending on your gender? It is good to have a basic understanding of this and to know what the symptoms are so that if you see your friends and loved ones acting a bit unusual then you can try to support them and help them to get the help and support from medical and therapeutic professionals.Continue reading “Depression symptoms for males and females explained”

Patience. When I was younger, my mom always taught me the importance of being patient. Anytime I really wanted something, wanted to go somewhere, or even wanted to leave somewhere, my mom was always stressing the importance of waiting and not rushing things. Continue reading “Anxiety: Patience as a Tool for Coping”

Struggling with anxiety doesn’t just cause anxious feelings when a person goes somewhere or does something that makes them uncomfortable, but it can also cause self doubt. It can make a person doubt their abilities or the effect that they have on others. While we all have talents and are able to use those talents for good, we may sometimes feel as if our kind words don’t really matter in the grand scheme of things.Continue reading “Your Kind Words Do Matter”

Anxiety is a highly misunderstood mental health issue. There are so many misconceptions, that to list them all would be quite depressing and saddening. While this is unfortunate, if you are someone who struggles with anxiety, the best thing to do is to be open about it with those who you love and trust. However, you should also be aware of the fact that not everyone will be understanding and stand by your side through your suffering.Continue reading “Anxiety: Dealing with Those Who Don’t Understand”

Many individuals who struggle with anxiety also suffer from overthinking. We start thinking about something that bothers us, and we think about it until our heads feel as if they’re about to explode. The subject of our overthinking can be anything from going somewhere we’ve never been before to finding out the results of a medical test. We sit and we think of all the negative possibilities and by the time the event takes place, we feel as if we’re doomed to have a negative experience. The worse thing is that chances are that if we didn’t obsess so much about things going wrong, they’d have much more of a chance of going right.

Here is a lovely short video about what kids think it means to be successful. There is a lot of pressure on us all to be financially and materially successful and we have been brainwashed, probably by corporate entities, into thinking that is the only way we can define ourselves as ‘successful human beings’ but is this really success? Many footballers for instance have great material and financial success, as do bankers but they end up having mental health problems so is money really the identifier of success and happiness?

To find out the answer to these questions if we go back to the purity and innocence of a child’s way of thinking you might realise what is success and redefine our own thinking.